Tube Talk Recommends: Robotomy

Three years ago "Cartoon Network" had a smash hit with the premiere of "Adventure Time". Later that same year they tried out a couple of other buddy themed cartoons. One of them was the equally popular "Regular Show" and the other one was the quickly forgotten "Robotomy".  The ladder only lasted a single season of ten episodes. "Adventure Time" and "Regular Show" have each had over one hundred episodes each. Even "Chowder" had forty nine episodes to it's name. Did "Robotomy" deserve to be cancelled this quickly?

"Robotomy" was a show about two robots (Blastus on the left and Thrasher on the right) trying to make it through high school. The setting was an alien planet that was inhabited completely by robots. This race of robots were constantly at war with an unknown enemy. Every character has a violent side of their personality because of the war time setting. No one can blame them since they were always being trained for war at their local high school. 

When I watch this show it reminds me of a couple other cartoons that I enjoy watching. The first one is obviously "Regular Show" and the other one is "Futurama". It shares the buddy/slacker aspect of "Regular Show", but shares the comedic style and futuristic setting as "Futurama". That is one of the reasons why i think it got cancelled so quickly. The humor, character designs, world, and story lines feel a little too mature for the audience it was trying to target. The main characters get killed/destroyed about half a dozen time within the first episode. The entire cast has that done to them dozens of time throughout the series. 

There doesn't seem to much of a mystery to why "Regular Show" and "Robotomy" didn't. "Regular Show" is a lot less centered around violence and has a cast of animal themed characters that a parent can a approve of. It's not a surprise that parents wouldn't want their children to watch a show featuring spiky, violent, robots in a war time setting. This might of led to the cancellation in my opinion. There also might not have been room for three buddy themed cartoons on the line up. 

I think this show would be enjoyable for a teenager or even an adult. The ladder would get the references in the show a bit better. If you're a fan of cartoons like "Futurama" or cartoons centered around physical comedy, then this show might be for you. I know that I enjoy this unique look at a futuristic robot society. I would've liked to see another season or two to see where it went. You can stream the one and only season now on "Netflix".